Remittances impact on girl’s education: a critical review
(2016) STVK02 20161Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This thesis examines remittances effect on development in less developed counties through human capital attainment, by evaluating the evidence for remittances effect on girls’ primary education. Remittances, the sum of money migrants send back to a household when migrating to work, have potential to contribute to development by directly supplying families with additional income. A major inhibitor of girls’ education is lack of sufficient funds, and therefore remittances should theoretically lead to increased education levels.
This thesis asks; in what way may the effects of remittances on girl’s education impact development in less developed countries, and how extensive are these effects? It critically reviews 11 articles, finding a... (More) - This thesis examines remittances effect on development in less developed counties through human capital attainment, by evaluating the evidence for remittances effect on girls’ primary education. Remittances, the sum of money migrants send back to a household when migrating to work, have potential to contribute to development by directly supplying families with additional income. A major inhibitor of girls’ education is lack of sufficient funds, and therefore remittances should theoretically lead to increased education levels.
This thesis asks; in what way may the effects of remittances on girl’s education impact development in less developed countries, and how extensive are these effects? It critically reviews 11 articles, finding a significant impact from remittances for girls in primary education; raised school attainment and lowered dropout rates. However the effect is marginal and largely restricted to specific groups. The thesis examine possible causes for the restricted effect and finds no evidence for accessibility, labor, expected migration, and migrated family to be reliable for this countering effect. (Less)
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- author
- Suh, Anaïs LU
- supervisor
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- Erik Ringmar LU
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- poverty, girl's education, human capital, development, Remittances
- language
- English
- id
- 8873358
- date added to LUP
- 2016-10-06 11:43:30
- date last changed
- 2016-10-06 11:43:30
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